TIL Cows That Ate Hemp Produced Milk With THC and CBD [source, comments]

TIL that Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in Space, was so inspired by Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura on Stark Trek that she began every shift of her 1992 Shuttle mission by radioing "Hailing Frequencies Open" as a tribute to the actress and her character. [source, comments]

THE UNELECTED PARTY
All ballots, which are not being used, are claimed by DNGP.
Thus every non-voter is a DNGP-voter, automatically.

https://dngp.ch/

🫠Comic Relief: Shahak Shapira

Shahak Shapira ist seit Jahren einer der besten Comedians im Land. Als Deutsch-Israeli hätte er zum aktuellen Wahnsinn in den Nachrichten noch ein paar weitere Takes beizutragen. Aber sein hochaktuelles und neues Special „Baklava from Gaza“ spricht auch schon vieles an und hat die Kraft dem Horror ein paar komische Momente abzutrotzen. Comic Relief at it’s best und eine willkommene Abwechslung zur geradezu obsessiven Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Nahost. Choose love instead! Und Baklava!

https://youtu.be/H4GYp8jUbL0?si=BmQ9rC5DlLvxKjQI

Kein Zufall, sondern die Folge von bürgerlicher Politik: Das passiert, wenn man ein Verursacherprinzip für den öffentlichen Verkehr einführt und gleichzeitig das Autofahren subventioniert bzw. dort eben keine Kostenwahrheit will. Würden alle Kosten konsequent eingerechnet wäre Individualverkehr x-mal teurer.

Song of the day 💊🌎: https://spotify.link/Z1xJd1NH9Db

TIL orbital trajectories can be patented, and a telecommunications satellite was once abandoned after a necessary maneuver turned out to be owned by Boeing.
https://ift.tt/V5qJ3th

Submitted October 24, 2023 at 07:30AM by MikeKrombopulos
via reddit https://ift.tt/Zxi7Sja

TIL that 25 year-old Clare Torry, who provided the wordless vocals for Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” from their iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, completed her recording session in two and a half takes. She was paid £30 for her performance. [source, comments]

TIL that a placebo can still work even when a subject knows it’s a placebo [source, comments]

A court in Rome has denied the request to release the anarchist political prisoner Alfredo Cospito from solitary confinement under the cruel “41bis” regime. Starting a year ago, Alfredo undertook a life-threatening four-month hunger strike demanding to be transferred. This coincided with solidarity actions throughout Italy and around the world.

Even Alfredo's worst enemies, officials from the anti-terrorism departments, recommended his transfer. But the court is determined to impose as much suffering as possible.

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/alfredocospito

"Alfredo’s situation represents a threat to all of us. When environmental protesters are charged with terrorism simply for occupying trees, it is common sense to anticipate that what is done to Alfredo today will be done to a wider range of arrestees tomorrow."

You can write to Alfredo here:

Alfredo Cospito
C. C. "G. Bacchiddu"
strada provinciale 56 n. 4
Località Bancali, 07100 Sassari
Italy

Song of the day 💔🪞: https://spotify.link/9kcgMMlpbEb